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The "Charges Made Against Sean ""Diddy"" Combs": """A Decade of Control, Abuse, and Betrayal in the Music Industry"""

The "Charges Made Against Sean ""Diddy"" Combs": """A...

Author: Peters Bob
ISBN: 9798868020599
Format: Paperback
$34.29

"In ""Unmasked,"" go behind the flash and glamour of the music business to discover the terrifying truth. Explore...  Read More >>

Elisabeth Lutyens and Edward Clark: The Orchestration of Progress in British Twentieth-Century Music

Elisabeth Lutyens and Edward Clark: The Orchestration...

Author: Annika Forkert (Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester)
ISBN: 9781009337359
Format: Hardback
$219.94

Combining analyses of modernist concert and stage music by Elisabeth Lutyens with those of her audio-visual scores,...  Read More >>

Live!: Why We Go Out

Live!: Why We Go Out

Author: Robert Elms
ISBN: 9781800182820
Format: Hardback
$44.99

'ABC', as perfect as anything I've ever witnessed up until that point in my tiny little life. Three minutes of divine...  Read More >>

Tupac Shakur: Spirituality and Politics

Tupac Shakur: Spirituality and Politics

Author: William Whalen
ISBN: 9781861719096
Format: Hardback
$79.17

Tupac Shakur (1971-1996) is one of the great hip-hop stars. Still a hugely influential figure in the music world,...  Read More >>

Statesman of the Piano: Jazz, Race, and History in the Life of Lou Hooper

Statesman of the Piano: Jazz, Race, and History in the...

Author: Sean Mills ,  Eric Fillion
ISBN: 9780228018803
Format: Hardback
$77.60

Jazz pianist Lou Hooper (1894–1977), Paul Robeson’s first accompanist and teacher to Oscar Peterson, came to prominence...  Read More >>

Red, White, and Black. America's Czech with Balance!: Antonín Dvořák

Red, White, and Black. America's Czech with Balance!:...

Author: Gary Kelley
ISBN: 9781948509497
Format: Paperback
$42.21

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60 Songs That Explain the '90s

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

Author: Rob Harvilla
ISBN: 9781538759462
Format: Hardback
$79.20

NAMED A BEST MUSIC BOOK OF 2023 by PITCHFORK, VARIETY, AND ROLLING STONE A companion to the #1 music podcast on...  Read More >>

The Early Trombone: A Catalogue of Music

The Early Trombone: A Catalogue of Music

Author: Howard T Weiner ,  Charlotte A Leonard
ISBN: 9782503602042
Format: Paperback
$330.00

This catalogue documents nearly 9000 musical works specifying the trombone, from anonymous pieces mentioned in early...  Read More >>

Music Is Power: Popular Songs, Social Justice, and the Will to Change

Music Is Power: Popular Songs, Social Justice, and the...

Author: Brad Schreiber
ISBN: 9781978839021
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Music Is Power takes us on a guided tour through the past 100 years of politically-conscious popular music, from...  Read More >>

Bridge and Tunnel Boys: Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, and the Metropolitan Sound of the American Century

Bridge and Tunnel Boys: Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel,...

Author: Jim Cullen
ISBN: 9781978835221
Format: Hardback
$76.43

Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen are among the most well-known and beloved figures in American popular music in...  Read More >>

Reach for the Stars: 1996–2006: Fame, Fallout and Pop’s Final Party: Winner of the 2024 Penderyn Music Book Prize

Reach for the Stars: 1996–2006: Fame, Fallout and Pop’s...

Author: Michael Cragg
ISBN: 9781788707275
Format: Paperback
$32.99

From Girl Power to Girls Aloud (and all the glorious points in between), the definitive study of British pop music...  Read More >>

Solid Rock: The book of guitar gods - with K.K. Downing

Solid Rock: The book of guitar gods - with K.K. Downing...

Author: Dean Richards ,  K K Downing
ISBN: 9781739381516
Format: Hardback
$118.80

Solid Rock is a visual celebration of the evolution of heavy guitar music. A coffee table book with a unique commentary...  Read More >>

Queen Uncovered: Unseen photographs, rarities and insights from life with a rock 'n' roll band

Queen Uncovered: Unseen photographs, rarities and insights...

Author: Peter Hince
ISBN: 9781802796278
Format: Hardback
$69.99

Packed with images and ephemera from Queen's head roadie, covering life on the road and in the studio, backstage...  Read More >>

The Possibility Machine: Music and Myth in Las Vegas

The Possibility Machine: Music and Myth in Las Vegas...

Author: Jake Johnson ,  Celine Ayala
ISBN: 9780252087530
Format: Paperback
$68.99

Singular and star-studded writings on America’s neon-lit playground At once a Technicolor wonderland and the embodiment...  Read More >>

The Possibility Machine: Music and Myth in Las Vegas

The Possibility Machine: Music and Myth in Las Vegas...

Author: Jake Johnson ,  Celine Ayala
ISBN: 9780252045417
Format: Hardback
$285.00

Singular and star-studded writings on America’s neon-lit playground At once a Technicolor wonderland and the embodiment...  Read More >>

Begin the Beguine

Begin the Beguine

Author: Paul Stjohn Mackintosh
ISBN: 9798866762613
Format: Paperback
$33.08

"This is a story of three men and a boat - a story that knits together the triumphs, terrors and tragedies of the...  Read More >>

Music of Exile: The Untold Story of the Composers who Fled Hitler

Music of Exile: The Untold Story of the Composers who...

Author: Michael Haas
ISBN: 9780300266504
Format: Hardback
$51.95

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The Great History of ROCK MUSIC: From Elvis Presley to the Present Day

The Great History of ROCK MUSIC: From Elvis Presley...

Author: Ernesto Assante
ISBN: 9788854420007
Format: Hardback
$85.00

The Great History of ROCK MUSIC presents 480 pages of interesting information on the rock movement: a bible of Rock!...  Read More >>

Perfect Wave: More Essays on Art and Democracy

Perfect Wave: More Essays on Art and Democracy

Author: Dave Hickey
ISBN: 9780226333144
Format: Paperback
$29.95

 A collection of essays by American art critic Dave Hickey, nicknamed “The Bad Boy of Art Criticism.”   When Dave...  Read More >>

Krautrock

Krautrock

Author: Marshall Gu
ISBN: 9798765103296
Format: Paperback
$29.99

"""Explores this far-reaching German-based genre beyond its biggest names, emphasizing just how wide its breadth...  Read More >>

'70s Teen Pop

'70s Teen Pop

Author: Lucretia Tye Jasmine (Freelance writer, USA)
ISBN: 9781501383502
Format: Paperback
$29.99

"""Examines an era in music when evolving gender roles promised liberation, and a true counterculture seemed possible...  Read More >>

Violins of Hope: Violins of the Holocaust-Instruments of Hope and Liberation in Mankind's Darkest Hour

Violins of Hope: Violins of the Holocaust-Instruments...

Author: James A Grymes ,  Paul Woodson
ISBN: 9798212966535
Format: Audio
$110.85

The violin has formed an important aspect of Jewish culture for centuries, both as a popular instrument with classical...  Read More >>

Violins of Hope: Violins of the Holocaust-Instruments of Hope and Liberation in Mankind's Darkest Hour

Violins of Hope: Violins of the Holocaust-Instruments...

Author: James A Grymes ,  Paul Woodson
ISBN: 9798212966542
Format: Audio
$110.85

The violin has formed an important aspect of Jewish culture for centuries, both as a popular instrument with classical...  Read More >>

The Amplified Come as You Are Lib/E: The Story of Nirvana

The Amplified Come as You Are Lib/E: The Story of Nirvana...

Author: Michael Azerrad
ISBN: 9798212698955
Format: Audio
$269.25

"A downright revolutionary 30th-anniversary deluxe edition of the iconic bestselling biography of Nirvana, updated...  Read More >>

Listen: On Music, Sound and Us

Listen: On Music, Sound and Us

Author: Michel Faber
ISBN: 9798212721776
Format: Audio
$190.05

"This book is, at its core, about music and the people who listen to it--your friends, your neighbors and you. A...  Read More >>

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